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[–] Album@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Different areas have different lightning bugs too. The ones in southern ontario are not the same as the ones in the midwest US.

[–] spamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

They have distinct blinking patterns as well. IIRC observing the pattern is one of the ways used to classify them.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Except when it's a firefly pretending to be a different species of firefly.

[–] Album@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 hours ago